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QO FURFURAL In this crystallization building, one operation is to separate high boiling coal tar chemicals that have previously been processed in the fractionating towers in the background. Scientists of Koppers Central Staff Research Department and the Tar Products Division Development Section de signed each of the operating units so it would serve as the nucleus for future expansion as process and market development might dictate
High Boilers — QO Furfural is used in a variety of industries for different purposes such as selective solvent, resin ingredient, chem ical intermediate, or reactive solvent. QO Furfural's versatility and low price are two reasons why you should evaluate it in your processes and products. Write for Bulletin 204 describing the uses of Furfural.
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INDUSTRIAL A N D ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
Could be the key to new markets for coal chem icals. Koppers has a new approach—start to explore through a pilot plant instead
of the lab β \ NEW ERA may be coming in coal chemicals history: Markets for high boiling products such as phenanthrene, anthracene, and carbazole (PAC). These chemicals will be the first ones explored for commercial possibilities by Koppers at its new Arroyo, W. Va., coal chemical de velopment plant. The facility, opened in July, has a one-ton-a-day capacity. Koppers hails this new unit as an entirely new concept to explore coal chemicals. M a n y times over the years, Koppers, as well as other in dustrial, academic, and government (Continued on page 34 A)
